Unless you’re an uber-icon designer, you probably find yourself searching the web for pretty icons for your templates. The only problem is that the web is littered with icons that no developer could ever use - like Pixar characters. They’re adorable, but utterly useless. Consequently, I’ve compiled a list of the ten (well actually nine) most usable web icons. Did I mention that they’re absolutely free?!
Okay, that last one is hardly usable. Actually, if you submit a theme to us using that set of icons, I can promise you that it will be rejected. 
But, it’s still fun. I grew up playing those games.
Michael
November 4th, 2008
Thanks for putting this together. Its definitely hard to find useable icons for web apps and templates, this is a great resource.
Jordan
November 4th, 2008
Pinvoke and Silk Icons are very nice and useful for applications too.
mixey
November 4th, 2008
Very useful!
Amanda
November 4th, 2008
Thanks for these useful resources! Now I have even more bookmarks to add to my web-design folder
I particularly love the Blogger notepad icon. This one will come in very handy for a personal project. It would be great to see more retro Nintendo icons though - I’m designing a theme for my son who is a total fan
twoaz1
November 4th, 2008
“Okay, that last one is hardly usable. Actually, if you submit a theme to us using that set of icons, I can promise you that it will be rejected”
@ Jeffrey- ROFL!
Many thanks for another GREAT bunch of resources, and a much needed laugh
Chris
Jeffrey
November 4th, 2008
Daan
November 4th, 2008
But, what if it’s a very well designed game theme?
Lol
Thanks Jeffrey
clarklab
November 4th, 2008
You might want to look into this site you are linking to. They are breaking the rules of some of these icon designers. For example, that very first set comes with a readme with the original URL in it. It says on the page explicitly that they are not to be downloaded anywhere else and if you use them you must include a link to their page.
I’m just afraid “freeiconsweb.com” isn’t paying attention to any license information and these should not be used in our templates.
clarklab
November 4th, 2008
Also, the 5th set’s download link is broken, and the sixth one has a readme saying its not allowed for use in commercial work. I didn’t check the others, just thought I’d leave a quick note to be wary and check the licenses before you put them all over your templates.
Ervin Ter
November 4th, 2008
Thanks for sharing. Like it so much!
FBrushes.com
November 4th, 2008
Very useful stuffs…Thanks for sharing I will use this on my next themforest templates…
Sam
November 5th, 2008
Speak for yourselves, that last icon set is my favourite
Mark
November 5th, 2008
Great icons, im loving the 3 dimensional style that is now becoming popular. still.. cant beat making your own though! good post
Emmett
November 5th, 2008
You forgot the Crystal Clear Icon set:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystalclear
A great icon set
Emmett
November 5th, 2008
Sorry this is the correct URL for the crystal clear set:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_clear
Emmett
http://www.filmandgamecomposers.com
Samuel
November 5th, 2008
ClarkLab, You’re right.
Here’s the correct URL for the icon by Function (an author here on Themeforest…) : http://wefunction.com/2008/07/function-free-icon-set/
Patrick
November 5th, 2008
The first set includes the icon for Iconfactory’s Twitterific ( http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific/ ) which is not a free-to-use icon.
JK
November 6th, 2008
Hey Jeffrey, thanks for featuring some of the icons sets found on our site. The Zelda set is definitely one of my favorites too.
JK
http://iconzworld.com
Sean
November 9th, 2008
Thanks for the excellent resource - downloading and saving several now.
blackmekemeke
November 14th, 2008
Thanks for all
WonkaStudio
November 20th, 2008
Thanks for this compilation, but are you sure that i can to use this icons, whithout problem, to make a new template and after to sell it on themeforest or other website ?
system32
November 20th, 2008
Very useful icons!
simon
December 25th, 2008
Thank you for this good collection.
I’ve got a further suggestion. Maybe you can add this icon set to your collection. I think they are quite useful, too.
I’m talking about the famfamfam icon set (http://www.famfamfam.com/).
A very extensive pack with a lot of simple but nice icons.
By the way: merry christmas to everybody
Sam Doyle
January 22nd, 2009
I have a bit of a fetish for glossy Icons, Adding these to my collection, Thanks!
deviantz
February 19th, 2009
thanks for this. cool collection!
Jeff Adams
March 8th, 2009
I came here from NETTUTS, and I’m a member anyway - just happend to press the FREEBIES link.
These are awesome, so much so that I might even use a few of these - I really wish I could do icons like the pros, but unless I do them super simple they look rally bad!
Thanks again, awesome post.
lawrence77
March 27th, 2009
thanks man!
lawrence77
March 27th, 2009
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Why i say myself lucky……
Because my previous comment numbers as 7777
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Thanks blog.themeforest
Thallis PHP
May 9th, 2009
Hey for minimal icons lovers here is a tip : http://www.pinvoke.com
More than 1900 icons updated every 3 days.